GA election qualifying goes old school: SOS website down

Party officials have been forced to quickly renegotiate the qualifying process for 2012 hopefuls with the Secretary of State’s website seizing up.

Registrars are qualifying candidates through hard copy. Among the first: Georgia Speaker David Ralston, U.S. Reps. Tom Graves, David Scott and John Lewis and radio talker-turned-Congressional hopeful Martha Zoller.

UPDATE: The SOS website has regained functionality, allowing would-be candidates to again qualify digitally.

- James Richardson